The death toll in Indonesia from recent flooding has passed 900, with hundreds still missing.
Photo: A man walks through a village destroyed by flooding. Reuters
More than 100,000 homes were destroyed when a rare and powerful cyclone formed over the Malaca Strait last week, bringing torrential rain and landslides to parts of the South East Asian country.
Efforts to reach people in areas still cut off are ongoing, with aid having to be airdropped into some places.
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Fiasco, douche froide, vide abyssal, les réactions sont unanimes : la COP30 n'a servi à rien.
Pire, elle a dévoilé le double discours des principaux dirigeants de la planète et des lobbys de tout ce qui compte comme climato-­obstructeurs (ils connaissent depuis longtemps l'impact des nouvelles conditions climatiques mais font tout pour empêcher les actions efficaces).
Aucun engagement contraignant
Le document final ne comporte aucune référence directe à l'élimination des combustibles (…)

Our regular contributor Daniel Tanuro recently published a scathing critique of the PTB (Parti du Travail de Belgique — Workers' Party of Belgium) after the party supported the Belgian government against the confiscation of Russian assets frozen at Euroclear. According to Tanuro, the PTB was defending « guarantees of intangibility given to Capital » — a position he called « astonishing for Marxists ».
Serious accusations. Perhaps exaggerated ? We decided to investigate.
Claim No. 1 : (…)

Daniel Tanuro a publié une critique acerbe du PTB après que le parti ait soutenu le gouvernement Arizona contre la confiscation des avoirs russes gelés chez Euroclear. Selon Tanuro, le PTB défendrait les « garanties d'intangibilité données au Capital » — une position « étonnante pour des marxistes ».
Des accusations graves. Peut-être exagérées ? Nous avons décidé de mener l'enquête.
Affirmation n°1 : Hedebouw a soutenu De Wever
Selon L'Avenir, Raoul Hedebouw, président du PTB, a (…)

The Left icon overlooked sexual violence, much like India's literary and cultural progressives have embraced a man whose rape conviction was overturned.
“I've met [all] sorts of people, including major war criminals. I don't regret having met any of them.” That was public intellectual Noam Chomsky's belligerent reply in 2023 to a newspaper's question about his connections to Jeffrey Epstein. More recently, Epstein's emails reveal a close friendship with Chomsky and his wife.
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